理学博士，研究员，博士生导师。1995年毕业于兰州大学获得理学学士学位；2003年毕业于西南师范大学获得理学硕士学位；2006年毕业于中国科学院水生生物研究所，获得理学博士学位；2013-2014年在美国堪萨斯大学做访问学者。主要从事亚洲中部干旱区蜥蜴多样性与进化研究。 

 2018年度成都生物所优秀职工

1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目，旱地沙蜥适应多样化荒漠环境的遗传基础，32470466，2025.1−2028.12，主持

2. 中国科学院国际合作局海外科教合作中心部署项目，中亚两栖爬行动物药用资源系统性调查、保藏与合作研究，180GJHZ2024036MI，2025.1−2027.12，主持

3. 国家重点研发计划研究任务，蜥蜴类多样性考察及分布格局研究，2024YFF17014010911，2024.12-2028.11，主持

4. 国家重大科学计划第三次新疆综合科学考察子课题，额尔齐斯河流域爬行动物多样性调查与评估，2021xjkk0602，2021.11−2024.11，主持

5. 国家自然科学基金面上项目，快步麻蜥的谱系地理格局及其适应性分化的分子基础研究，32070433，2021.1−2024.12，主持

6. 中国科学院A类先导丝路环境专项子子课题，XDA20050201，中亚地区荒漠化对蜥蜴类多样性与分布格局的影响：以沙蜥属和麻蜥属为例，2018. 3−2023.2，主持

7. 国家自然科学基金面上项目，31672270，干旱荒漠区三种蜥蜴的比较谱系地理学研究，2017.1−2020.12，主持

8. 国家自然科学基金面上项目，31272281，密点麻蜥复合体物种形成及其与青藏高原隆起的关系，2013.1.1−2016.12.31，主持

9. 中科院生命科学与生物技术局青年科技专项, KSCX2-EW-Q-6, 胎生与母体免疫系统的协同进化：以麻蜥属MHC I类基因为例，2011.1−2013.12，主持

10. NSFC-RFBR合作项目, 31011120088，中亚荒漠麻蜥属蜥蜴的物种多样性和系统发育[（2010）国科金外资助，2010.01−2011.12，主持

11. NSFC-RFBR双边研讨会，30881220449，欧亚大陆两栖爬行动物的研究和保护：现状和合作计划，2009.01−2009.12，主持

12. 国家自然科学基金青年基金项目，30700062，中国麻蜥属动物分类学、系统发育和生物地理学研究，2008.1−2010.12，主持

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2. Ali A, Chen DL, Dujsebayeva TN, Song Q, Terbish K, Li J, Qi Y, Guo X*. 2025. Phylogeography of a dominant desert lizard reveals the synergistic effects of topography and climate dynamics on diversification in arid eastern-Central Asia. Zoological Research, 46(3), 485-504.

3. Guo X^#, Yao Z^#, Cai B, Xiao X, Xu Q, Chen Y, Cui L, Qiu X, Fu J, Qi Y*, Yang W*. 2025. Genomic insights into the reticulate evolution of viviparous Phrynocephalus lizards on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 211,108404.

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5. Ualiyeva D, Liu J, Dujsebayeva T, Li J, Tian L, Cai B, Zeng X*, Guo X*. 2024. Genetic Structure and Population History of the Zaisan Toad-Headed Agama (Phrynocephalus melanurus) inferred from mitochondrial DNA. Animals, 14(2), 209.

6. Wu N, Wang S, Dujsebayeva TN, Chen D, Ali A, Guo X*. 2023. Geography and past climate changes have shaped the evolution of a widespread lizard in arid Central Asia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 184, 107781.

7. Liu J, Dujsebayeva TN, Chirikova MA, Gong X, Li D, Guo X*. 2021. Does the Dzungarian racerunner (Eremias dzungaricaOrlova, Poyarkov, Chirikova, Nazarov, Munkhbaatar, Munkhbayar & Terbish, 2017) occur in China? Species delimitation and identification with DNA barcoding and morphometric analyses. Zoological Research, 42(3), 287–293.

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